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Birthday

One month out of the year, the mail stack gets larger, and the e-mails become more frequent. For me, that month is October!

Even though my birthday is still a few weeks away, I’ve already begun to receive extra coupons and promotions. Rewards Programs and Rewards Cards are exactly as they sound, rewarding.

At some point over the past year, I signed up for the Edible Arrangements e-mail list. Today, they sent me a coupon code for a free 12-piece box of chocolate dipped fruit any day in October. It also mentions I can pick it up in store, so there is no shipping cost. Yum.

Edible Arrangements Free Dipped Fruit!

Victoria Secret sent me $10 off of any purchase, on my Angels card any day in October. They have a huge variety of lipsticks and lip-glosses for exactly $10, so I’ll most likely grab one of those for free (Spending exactly $10 is the trick to getting out of swiping your card). I typically NEVER use the credit card, but I average 8 “free underwear” coupons per year, and definitely take advantage of those. It doesn’t matter if you don’t use the card, in fact, I think they send me more coupons just to get me in the store (but they can’t trick me).

Ann Taylor sent me a card with $15 off of any purchase, no minimum any day in October. I can easily grab something on the clearance rack for just around $15. Just like VS, I literally haven’t used the Ann Taylor credit card in months, yet I still get the coupons!

Sephora offers a two pack of Nars lipsticks, completely free the month of your birthday in store, or online, when you sign up for their Beauty Insider Program (the program is completely free!). I love using my earned points for free items. When you order online, you’ll receive 3 free samples of your choice. If your order is over $25, you’ll receive an extra larger sample of your choice. If your order is over $50, you don’t pay shipping. I had a $50 gift card (from my discover rewards!!) – and used it to purchase a $54 gift set of FAB Beauty Products which are 100% fragrance free and allergy tested for extremely sensitive skin. I also used 250 of my built up Beauty Insider points to get extra samples of my choice. Free shipping and a LOT of free samples later….. this is what I got for $7.43 (the remaining $4+$3.43tax):

My Sephora lot, under $8!Free NARS lip pencils from Sephora!

I’m signed up for the Ulta rewards program too (you can sign up in store or online for free). Today, they sent me an e-mail saying that I’ll get double points on any purchase in October, plus a note to look out for another e-mail for a free bareMinderals Marvelous Moxie Lip-gloss.

Free Lip-gloss at Ulta on its way!

A few stores are not as generous, but still try…

Bloomingdales sent me a 25% off birthday coupon, plus if I spend $100 any time in October I’ll receive a $25 gift card back for a future purchase.

Vera Bradley sent me a 25% off “entire purchase” coupon, which can be used at any full-price store, any outlet store, or online.

White House Black Market sent a coupon code for Free Shipping – they could do better than that, it’s a little stingy.

Crabtree&Evelyn sent me 15% off my purchase, also stingy in my opinion since their products are incredibly overpriced (I can’t even use anything they sell in their store since they use fragrance)…

15% off purchase at Crabtree&Evelyn

I wonder what will be in my mailbox the next few days! Check back as I add more Birthday Deals and add photos of what I receive throughout the month!